Typhlomyrmex

Typhlomyrmex
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Typhlomyrmecini
Emery, 1911
Genus: Typhlomyrmex
Mayr, 1862
Type species
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi
Diversity[1]
7 species

Typhlomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae and the sole member of the tribe Typhlomyrmecini.[2] Known from the Neotropics, the genus has a wide distribution. Some species are restricted in range, while for example Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi is known from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Little is known about their biology.[3]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Typhlomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Typhlomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Lacau, Sebastien; Villemant, Claire; Delabie, Jacques H C (2004). "Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae:Ectatomminae)". Zootaxa. 678: 1–23.


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